Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits China on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine and deepening the partnership between Moscow and Beijing.
Talks between Mr Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who extended the invitation to the Russian minister to visit, will include bilateral cooperation as well as "hot topics" such as the crisis in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Russian Foreign.
According to reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin will go to China in May for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit would be the first trip abroad of the head of the Kremlin since taking the new presidential mandate.
China and Russia declared a "comprehensive" partnership in February 2022 when Mr Putin visited Beijing just days before launching the aggression in Ukraine, Europe's deadliest ground war since World War Two.
The United States views China as its biggest competitor and Russia as the biggest threat from any country. The US president argues that this century will be defined by an existential competition between democracies and autocracies./VOA/
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